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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2008
Andrea Bianco, Turin, IT;
Claudio Cervone, Turin, IT;
Giuseppe Gatti, Turin, IT;
Giuseppe Lorusso, Turin, IT;
Euplio Pagliarulo, Turin, IT;
Francesco Cimmino, Turin, IT;
Andrea Bianco, Turin, IT;
Claudio Cervone, Turin, IT;
Giuseppe Gatti, Turin, IT;
Giuseppe Lorusso, Turin, IT;
Euplio Pagliarulo, Turin, IT;
Francesco Cimmino, Turin, IT;
Fiat Group Automobiles S.p.A., Turin, IT;
Abstract
A method and apparatus to control the pickup on an uphill slope of an automotive vehicle provided with an automatic or robotized gearbox provide the definition of a control strategy of the gear box operation, also according to the gradient of the uphill slope, which is preferably calculated based on a longitudinal acceleration value of the automotive vehicle, and based on the altitude at which the automotive vehicle can be found, which is preferably calculated based on a detected atmospheric pressure value. In this way, it is also possible to consider the reduction in the engine torque due to the reduction in the air density with altitude.